Tech Talk - "Moving Checkers" Technique with Pete "Hot Dog" Finlan

In this Tech Talk, "Hot Dog" Pete Finlan demonstrates a paint effect that's anything but square. Finlan guides painters through his process for creating "Moving Checkers", a trick he perfected while painting surfboards early in his career.

In this example, Hot Dog uses an electrifying blue over frosty silver, but you can use any color combo, even two cool shades to dampen the effect. “I’ve done it with a white pearl on a white basecoat. The design isn’t even there until the right light hits it. That’s as subtle as it gets,” Hot Dog explains.

While simple to tape and spray, this technique requires a fine touch for fading and spacing, but with a bit of practice, you’ll quickly become surehanded. “Even on a car with one color, you can tell a painter has confidence,” he says. “It just comes out.”

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